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Hi everyone!
Yes, this is a Star Wars fanfiction! The idea came when I watched Wreck-it Ralph 2, especially the Princess scene. I wrote the whole story around it. You'll quickly figure out what I'm talking about. This is crazy and fluffy.
This is a translation my French oneshot and it's my first time writing in English! If something doesn't make sense at all, please let me know and I'll correct it.
I really hope you're going to enjoy this story!
Have a nice read!
Yesss shuttle took an abrupt turn. Vanellope didn't know where she was going but she was ready for new adventures, especially if Ralph and Yess were sending her in the same kind of video game as Slaughter Race's in which there were cars and danger at every corner and with opponent like Shank the super cool female pilot.
"Wow!"
That Wi-Fi was so cool! Much faster and more diverse than arcade games! The shuttle dropped Vanellope off in a pink castle from where pop music bass was escaping with glitter fireworks.
"Let it go! LET IT GO!"
Hey! There must have been some atmosphere in there! She looked at the names of the different areas. "The Muppet Show", "Star Wars", "Disney Animation", "Marvel Studios", "Pixar"… Cooool…
"Holy fudge! This place's crazy!" Vanellope exclaimed, as Iron Man brushed her head while flying.
A giant metal mosquito was flying behind a big gnat making aggressive "Pew! Pew!", shouting red lasers. Spaceships! She saw Buzz Lightyear doing his act, and...
Disaster.
"Oh, come on! Princesses and cartoons characters! Lame!"
"Hey... easy there," Eeyore told her.
"Oh, I mean no offense or anything," Vanellope tried to make up for it. "Wow! Time to get back to work!"
The little princess slipped away. There were several scenes. If there was one thing she understood about the Internet, it was that people's attention was quickly shifting from one thing to another. So Vanellope was going to get in the waiting lines to offer her Pop-Up and make as much money as possible to pay for the steering wheel of Sugar Rush and save her game!
In front of the first scene, where Snow White was piercing everyone's eardrums, she proposed Ralph's Pop-Up to an avatar. He pressed it without hesitation. That sounded well!
At the second one, Marvel fans could ask questions to a mini-tree that was obviously named Groot, as he kept repeating, "I am Groot!".
Boldly, she stepped in to answer a fan. "Excuse me. I'll take this one. He's Groot. I'm Vanellope. Click here to meet Wreck-it Ralph!"
The avatar clicked thoughtlessly on the Pop-Up.
"Ow… this is almost too easy…"
Without looking where she was stepping, she bounces off a huge Snowman.
"Hey! Who gave you the permit for that Pop-Up?"
"Uh…"
Actually, they weren't snowmen!
"That's an unauthorized click thing. You're coming with us, kid!"
Vanellope hit Snowman Number 1 with the Pop-Up. He found himself locked in a cabin, to a far, far away destination. Aware that she was in trouble up to her neck, the little princess took her heels.
"She's getting away!" Snowman Number 2 cried, then setting off in pursuit of the little girl with Snowman Number 3.
Vanellope tried to escape them in the crowd of avatars. She was close to Marvel studios when she heard them. "This way!"
Oh no! She couldn't lose them! Vanellope spotted a large curtain from which a fox wearing a tie was coming out. Maybe there was a place to hide! She walked past a grumpy dwarf, who immediately called her to order.
"Hey! Don't you read! Cast members only!"
She ran down a corridor, but stopped quickly before the corner when she saw their shadows. The little pilot turned back. That was impossible! The grumpy dwarf had just reported her to Snowmen Number 2 and Number 3! She turned back again. Only she came up against Snowman 4 and Snowman 5! She turned around. Oops, she was stuck between four Snowmen!
"Okay guys…"
She didn't have time to think about the end of her sentence because one of them collapsed. And a second one! Two seconds later, they were all passed out on the ground. In front of her, a girl was standing with a handmade staff in her hands, out of nowhere. Well, she had some old dusty beige clothes, but she was pretty, like Shank, not in the same badass style, rather kind of super cute. Her hair was too stylish!
"Are you alright?" she asked smiling.
"Yeah, thanks!"
The girl frowned. "How'd you manage to piss off the stormtroopers?"
"Stormtroopers? Oh, you mean the Snowmen?"
"The Snowmen?"
The girl seemed surprised but she looked amused, a gentle smile was growing upon her face. She looked really kind.
"You're a princess?"
"No, I don't think so." The girl replied with shrug. "And who are you?"
"Ah, yeah! My name's Vanellope. What's yours?"
"I'm Rey."
"Nice to meet you Rey! Where're you from?"
"Nowhere."
Vanellope frowned.
"Nah, it can't be since you're here!"
"Oh, Star Wars."
"That's the spaceships area, isn't it? I have to go there! One day! I'm a pilot, but I prefer cars! What about you?"
"I am a pilot too. I fix things and I am a Jedi apprentice…"
"What's a Jedi?"
A stormtrooper moved with a groan. The little pilot hit him hard on the helmet. Rey put a soft hand on her shoulder.
"Vanellope, they're going to wake up soon, and they mustn't see us! Otherwise they'll warn him, and we'll be in big trouble! I'll try to find a safe way. Wait... wait here!"
"Warn who?"
Rey pushed her towards a pink door decorated with a golden star.
"You'll see, they're a little weird, but in general they're kind."
"All right. But who're they?"
The young girl was looking in the hallway. Suddenly she stiffened.
"Go, Vanellope!" she ordered as she began to run.
"Uh… Thank you Rey!"
Then, Vanellope heard footsteps. She leaned against the door.
"Any sign of the kid?" a Snowmen asked.
"No. However we located the scavenger."
The door was locked!
Quick! Quick! An idea! That's it! Vanellope used her bug and materialized directly... in a very kitschy living room, full of Princesses in ball gowns.
All the princesses turned at the same time.
In the middle of the living room, Vanellope greeted them with a shy hand.
"Uh… Hi!"
In the same moment of panic, the nice and pretty Princesses all pointed a gun in her direction. Swords, a bow... a fork, a frying pan, an oil lamp, a broken glass shoe! Wow! What?
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Ladies I can explain! It was Rey who told me to hide here! That I'll be safe!"
"Why wouldn't you be safe?" Snow White asked the little girl in her singing voice. "It's Disney here!"
"Well, I swear I didn't do it on purpose, but I ran into a big bad Snowman and then with some others they started chasing me! And then Rey came out of nowhere and she kicked the crap out of them!"
Rapunzel sighed. "As usual... Rey is having trouble with the stormtroopers..."
"And when it's not with the stormtroopers, it's with Ben!" Snow White continued, a little excited.
"Hey, wait! Who's Ben?"
"It's the Supreme Leader Kylo Ren," Jasmine explained.
"Ah... The Supreme Leader of what?"
"Of Star Wars!" Anna answered as if it was obvious.
"Oh yeah! The thing with the mosquito-shaped ships! I think Rey is from there too..."
"And who are you?" asked Aurora.
Vanellope gently and carefully pushed the glass slipper away. "See, hum, I'm a Princess too!"
Surprised, her fists still clenched in front of her, Anna asked, "Wait, what?"
"Yeah! Princess Vanellope von Schweets! Of the Sugar Rush von Schweets!"
The little princess jumps on the pink pouffe to put herself a little more at their height and continue her explanation. "You must know who I am, it would be embarrassing for you if you didn't know that!"
A little nervous laughter escaped her. Pocahontas then stepped forward and pointed her accusing stick at her, her hair waving without any wind. Was it supposed to be normal?
"Ah ah... And what kind of Princess are you?" she asked.
"What kind?" Vanellope repeated with a tremor in her voice.
"Do you have magic hair?" Rapunzel suggested, showing her long golden hair under the little kart racer's nose.
"Nah."
"Magic hands?" Elsa tried as blue sparks appeared at her fingertips.
"Nah."
"Do animals talk to you?" Cinderella continued, while some birds mistook her for a tree.
"Nah."
"Where you poisoned?" Snow White suddenly held out an apple covered with a slimy, fluorescent green stuff. Yuck!
"No!" exclaimed the little girl with a backward movement.
"Cursed?" Aurore continued.
"No!"
Like two psychopaths, Belle and Rapunzel asked perfectly synchronized, "Kidnapped or enslaved?"
"No! Are you guys okay or should I call the police?"
Ariel sat next to the little princess, invading her living space.
"I have to assume that you made a deal with an underwater sea witch who she took your voice in exchange of a pair of human legs!" the ex-little mermaid said as she proudly wiggled her adorable little toes.
"No! Good Lord! Why would you want to do that?" Vanellope said, wondering more and more about their mental health.
Snow White sat on the other side, looking completely excited. "Have you ever had a true love's kiss?"
"Hey, barf!"
Yeah, there must have been something in this apple. Probably the green stuff that was sticking.
"Do you have daddy issues?" Jasmin tried behind her.
"I don't even have a mom!" Vanellope answered her.
The majority of the Princesses huddled around the little brown princess and shouted with their pretty high-pitched voices, "Neither do we!"
Rapunzel approached and leaned forward. "Now for the million-dollar question. Do people assume all of your problems got solved because a big strong man showed up?"
"Yeah! What is up with that?"
Rather than answering her question, they finally came to the conclusion that the girl in the green sweater was indeed a Princess. To celebrate this great revelation, Snow White uttered a few vocalizations.
Reassured, Cinderella leaned over to examine Vanellope's outfit, which was unconventional for a Princess.
"Who made your gown? I've never seen anything quite like it!"
"Oh, this old thing?"
"I'd give anything to have one on my own!" ended Cinderella.
"As would I..." Aurora sighed.
The other girls felt the same way. Rapunzel added enthusiastically, "This is the best outfit ever!"
Ariel, always lagging behind, woke up suddenly. "Oh, I want one too, guys!"
"I'll get my mice on this," concluded Cinderella.
Later on, once the mice have finished their work.
Cinderella let herself fall with the natural elegance of a Princess in a pouffe, in a new outfit, sweatshirt and leggings, very cosy.
"Ah, so, this love. All hail Princess Vanellope, the Queen of comfy!"
Vanellope's new friends cheered enthusiastically. They all had new comfortable outfits, but adapted to their respective personalities. Embarrassed, she looked at her knees. And Ariel went back into her crazy world...
"Of all the things in this entire world, I've never thought I get to wear a real… What's it called again? Oh, yeah. A shirt!"
And suddenly she started singing a song!
"Oh, I had once a dream that I might wear a shirt…"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Wait, wait. What's going on?"
"Uh, she's singing," Jasmine replied as if it was normal.
"Yeah, but there was like music and the spotlight and… Wait, you all saw it too, right?" Vanellope asked, turning to her friends.
"That's what happens when a Princess sings about her dreams," Tiana helped her.
"Oh, that's never happened to me. I mean, not even once!"
Rapunzel was comfortably seated in the cushion formed by her hair. Hello knots with such a mop of hair! Oh, yes! She was a Princess! And Princesses never had knots in their hair!
The blonde girl encouraged her, "Why don't you give it a try? What is it that you really want? Sing about that!"
"Okay, uh, sure. I can do that. Ooh, steering wheel, oh steering wheel! Oh, yes, I want this steering wheel! Toudoudoudou boum whaouh!"
Well... considering the look on their faces, it was a long shot. Belle had a nervous laugh. She tried to say it as kindly as she could. "Well, there is a lot to unpack here! So, this steering wheel you sing of, that's a metaphor?"
A metawhat?
"Oh, ah, nah, nah, it's not a metaphor. I just… I literally want a steering wheel. I think the issue was that I was a little bit pitchy."
"Maybe a little. But sometime your song can't start until you go someplace to reflect." Mulan said.
Okay, they were all psychopaths! Between the poisoned apples, the kidnappings, the sequestrations, the curses, the narcissistic personality disorder was the one missing!
Pocahontas made things even worse for them. "What works for some of us is finding some watering place, and staring at it!"
"What?"
"Oh, yes. I like to stare in a wishing well!" Snow White shouted.
And they all went along with their own tricks...
"I stare at the ocean!" Vaiana said.
"Or a through…." Mulan added.
"Soap bubbles!" Cinderella said.
"Wait! You're saying that if I just stare at some water…"
"Dah! Important water!" Arielle interrupted the little girl.
"Of course! Important water!" Vanellope ironized. "I stare at the important water and somehow magically I start singing about my dream?"
"For sure," The Princesses concluded.
"Uh, I don't think so, ladies. But thanks!"
It couldn't be that hard to sing a song anyway!
A knock on the door interrupted them. Vanellope watched the golden robot enter the room. It was shinier than the most beautiful chrome part of the most beautiful car!
"Five minutes, Princesses! A new "Which Disney Princess are you?" quiz starts in five minutes!" announced C3-PO, very haughty. "And do you know where Rey is? She has to shoot a new episode of Galaxy of Adventures!"
"No, sorry 3-PO!"
The Princesses weren't exactly thrilled to get back to work! Tiana was the first to regain her Princess cheerfulness. "Well, I guess it's back to the gowns, girls!"
"It was lovely to meet you, Vanellope," said Aurora.
"And best of luck finding your song," Belle added.
Then, Merida spoke in a very strange way… No English for sure. Okay... there was a blank in the conversation.
"What did she just say?" Vanellope asked.
"We don't know," Tiana whispered.
"We can't understand her," Vaiana completed.
"She's from the other studio…" Anna explained.
So Vanellope smiled. "But tell me girls, Rey, is she a Princess?"
There was some nervous laughter.
"Oh, yeah. The super shiny Mr. Tin Can asked where she was."
"To be honest... we don't really know," Belle said, clutching her book against her.
"She could be one," Elsa added. "Rey checks off quite a few boxes on our list."
"Oh, she does?"
"Rey has no parents, she has a magical power, she's kind and generous," Anna listed.
"She was kidnapped," Belle continued.
"And we almost all agree that she has a suitor!" added Cinderella, excited.
Merida's voice rose with her strange accent. "The lassie's a badass and her clothes are cool!"
"Oh yes!" confirmed Vanellope.
"She's the last Jedi of Star Wars!" Tiana ended.
Vanellope remained thoughtful. She still didn't know what a Jedi was, but it felt important.
"Finally, if Rey's like you, I mean us, why isn't she a Princess?"
"Well, it's complicated. You know, it's not exactly the same. She has to save a lot of people. And she's got the weight of an entire galaxy on her shoulders," Vaiana tried to explain.
An entire galaxy? The Princesses could check another box on their list. Psychopath or masochist! Who'd want a job like that?
"I think it's worth considering," Vanellope told them.
After the Princesses left, a restful silence fell in the living room. Vanellope was quietly seated when suddenly the door opened softly, in a plaintive groan. The little princess stood up and saw Rey, who put her head through the door.
"Come on, Vanellope!"
The little pilot listened to her and joined her. The two girls went out. Rey looked around carefully. Suddenly she bent down to her level.
"I managed to get rid of the stormtroopers, but I don't know for how long. This is the best time to get you out of here."
"Okay, this is great! Oh Rey! What's that? It's so cute!"
"That's BB-8."
"Do you think I could get one?"
"Uh, it's gonna be difficult... the Resistance is running out of resources...," Rey sighed as she straightened up.
"Ah, yeah, you have to save the Galaxy."
Rey turned around abruptly, curious. "What did they say exactly about me?"
"Oh, so much things… Nah, I'm kidding, they don't actually know you very well."
The girl relaxed and waved to Vanellope to follow her. The two pilots began to move forward, BB-8 scouting.
"On the other hand, you don't seem to like them very much..."
"It's not that... They talk a lot, and there are some things that are better if they remain in a secret locked box."
"Like what? I already know you don't have a mom and dad, but you have a magical power..."
Rey stopped dead. "It's not a magical power."
"Then, what is it?"
The girl closed her eyes and said in a peaceful voice, "The Force... a balance... an energy that passes through and lives through every living thing. Those who feel it best can use that energy"
"So, it's a magical power," Vanellope cut the girl.
Rey sighed and looked at the horizon with a smile. What could be so special about looking over there? Other than other websites, of course. The girl was still still, and suddenly, like Pocahontas, the small strands of hair that framed her face began to move by themselves, as did the sections of the long strip of cloth that gave style to her outfit. She definitely had her place in the Princesses club. Speaking of looks!
"By the way, did you unlock a level or something?"
Rey seemed to come back in the moment.
"What?" she asked.
"Well yeah, when I saw you earlier, you were cool with your beige clothes, but now you're in pure white! You're hypercool and so classy! You look like a samurai!"
Both embarrassed and delighted, the girl walked away with a smile on her face.
"I'm sure you'd get along with Mulan or Merida, even if we don't understand all the things she's saying... They're warriors like you!"
Rey nodded her head, her pretty smile still there.
"You might be right. It's just that I've been alone for a long time... I'm struggling to make friends..."
"I used to be alone too! And then Ralph came on Sugar Rush, and he made quite a mess! And then we found out that I was Princess Vanellope Von Schweets, he helped me become who I was again while managing the Cybug invasion of another game in mine. And the villain who had taken my place got zapped!"
"What a story! Mine seems to take this kind of turn..." Rey said with a frown.
"Honestly, I'm telling you, you could join our club. Plus, I hear you're a star in Star Wars! Belle says you've been kidnapped and Cinderella thinks you have a crush..."
Hooked fingers went into Vanellope's shoulder. The little princess turned around reluctantly. Ooh there, Rey looked less nice all of a sudden! Personality disorder, check!
"What did you just say?"
"It's not me! It's them!"
"Never say that again," Rey ordered.
The girl started walking again.
"Okay... you're independent, right?" Vanellope guessed.
"Yes."
"Me too! But Ralph is clingy! I love him, he's my friend, my big brother, but he's always afraid something will happen to me..."
"I know that too…" Rey sighed.
The little Princess suddenly planted herself in front of her new friend.
"Ah... So, is there a great and powerful man around you who thinks all your problems will be solved thanks to him?" the little Princess asked at full speed, as excited as a Cinderella.
"Uh... Finn's for sure, Poe wants to steal the Falcon from me, Grandpa... it's Grandpa, Ben...," Rey listed counting on her fingers, eyes up in the sky.
"That's a lot of people!" Vanellope leaps like a flea in front of her. "And they mentioned a Ben!"
"Shhh!"
"A Supreme something-thing!"
Rey tried and failed to shut her up. The Princess now understood why the Princesses loved this kind of gossip. It was super thrilling!
"Shut up. Stop it! Vanellope! Shut up!" Rey finally got her attention. "Wouldn't you like to speak up a little bit louder and bring all the stormtroopers after us?"
BB-8 was next to the Jedi lecturing Vanellope with arrogant "Beeps! "Beeps!". Which made the little girl laugh.
"Uh, is he aware that I can't understand a word he's saying?" the Princess mocked the droid.
Rey tensed up abruptly. With her hand on her belt, clutched around a strange silver cylinder, she waved to her two little companions to calm down.
"What is it now?" asked Vanellope as quietly as she could.
"I feel something…"
"I feel nothing… But I smell something interesting! Cotton candy!"
BB-8 beeped something.
"Someone's coming," Rey said.
Okay, that was totally mystical! Vanellope jump several times to look around. Rey's superpower was a little buggy, because there wasn't a cat around.
"Uh... Rey, are you sure about this?"
"Come on, let's keep moving, we just need to be more discreet."
BB-8 took over the lead. The little princess hesitated to resume their conversation. Unlike the Princesses, Rey seemed more secretive, and the girl did not look like she wanted to share all the details of her life. But this was too itchy! Vanellope stood in front of Rey and began to move backwards.
"Rey?"
"Yes?"
"Can I ask you one more question?"
"Go ahead…"
The little girl covered her mouth with both hands trying not to scream with excitement. She took a deep breath to keep as calm as possible.
"Have you ever received a true love's kiss?" Vanellope asked, parodying Snow White.
She closed her eyes and mimicked kisses.
"Oh, no."
"Oh, yeah! It's disgusting!" the Princess nodded, opening her eyes.
Rey had stopped, again. Except it looked like she'd just seen a ghost. BB-8 had taken refuge behind the girl's legs, beeping not very valiantly. The little girl was about to start talking when she noticed something unusual. First, she was at the height of Rey's face. Then, it was really weird, the floor, it wasn't palpable under her feet! Vanellope looked down. She was floating in the air!
"Ah! Rey look! I'm flying! And hop! Back flip! Angel jump! Spin! Here comes BB-8! Oh look, I'm swimming breaststroke! To infinity and beyond!" she exploded.
"Oh, no," repeated Rey.
Seeing her friend petrified, Vanellope turned around, still in zero gravity. Oh damn! In front of the three comrades, there were a lot of Snowmen with blasters pointing at them. But above all there was a tall dark knight with his arm outstretched towards Vanellope, wearing a helmet that must have been broken. No, shrivelled. Anyway, it was stylish with all those red marks.
Suddenly she heard a crackling noise behind her. The Princess turned around. Rey was holding a sword that shone with a beautiful blue light. It was so cool!
"Rey! I want one too!"
But another hiss interrupted her. Vanellope turned her attention to the knight. He had a luminous red sword, which seemed to be an even more dangerous weapon than Rey's!
Star Wars was so much better than Princesses!
"Holy marshmallow! Rey, who's this guy?"
"Ben," the girl answered with a strange voice, from the tips of her lips.
Vanellope raised an eyebrow. No crush? Come on Rey! Suddenly the little girl felt unwillingly attracted to the dark knight. She couldn't even turn her head to ask Rey for help. She stopped a few centimeters away from the giant's hand.
"Leave her alone, Ben! She's got nothing to do with this!" the girl exclaimed.
The knight turned his head towards Rey, and finally he lowered his arm. The little princess landed softly on her feet and regained the use of her tongue.
"Hi, I'm Vanellope! And you're so cool! You're the Supreme Leader something, aren't you?"
Surprised, the knight answered in his very, very deep voice. "Kylo Ren".
"What's a Kylo Ren?"
"I am the Supreme Leader Kylo Ren."
"Oh, okay. So, does that mean you're the boss of a lot of people?"
"Yes."
He began to advance towards Vanellope, who retreated. The guy was very, very impressive! And he didn't look much... friendly. He raised his free hand and the little girl started laughing nervously. The Princess ran to hide behind Rey. But he just took off his helmet, revealing a very normal man, and gorgeous dark shiny wavy hair.
Vanellope looked at him with round eyes, "How is it possible?"
"What?" Rey and Kylo asked at the same time, perfectly synchronized.
The little pilot forgot all about her fear and got closer. "It defies all the laws of gravity!" she said.
The girl and the Supreme Leader briefly exchanged a perplexed look. The pilot leaned towards Vanellope.
"What do you mean?" Rey asked.
"His hair!" the little Princess exclaimed.
"My hair?" he repeated with no idea of what she was meaning.
"Yeah! It's physically impossible for your hair to look this good and fluffy when you take off that tight helmet!" Vanellope explained.
There was an awkward silence after that. Behind him, Snowmen were trying to hide their hilarity by pretending a cough. This awakened the Supreme Leader, who suddenly turned around with his sword. The stormtroopers stood at attention and did not flinch. So much authority!
He turned to Vanellope with an arrogant raised eyebrow. "Jealous?" he teased Vanellope.
"Jealous?" she repeated in bad faith.
The little princess stuck out her tongue.
"You're such a tiny, ridiculous child," he said, a hint of anger in his voice.
"Yourself!" she yelled back.
Annoyed by the childish turn their verbal battle was taking, Rey growled. As Ben leaned forward, she put one hand on the little pilot's shoulder and pulled her back. Who was the kid there?
"Stop it," Rey ordered. "Both of you."
Kylo pointed his finger at the girl.
"Don't give me any orders," he warned her.
"Then stop acting like a child," Rey answered.
"Are you trying to lecture me? You think just because my mother's training you as a Jedi, you're a Jedi? You think you're wise? I can assure you; you're going to turn to the dark side."
"No. First, you know I won't go over to the dark side. Dyade or not! Secondly, thanks to your mother who is a princess, I have a bit of manners, which you fatally have a lack of. I understand why she gave up on you," Rey retorted, moving forward one step.
"Of course, some poor scavenger like you needs an education," he provoked her.
"At least I finished my teenage angst!" Rey replied.
"No, I don't think so," Ben growled.
Vanellope followed the argument with passion. It was getting very interesting. They were on the verge of slapping each other, there was only a tiny space between them. The little princess had also noticed the way he looked at her friend.
Hey! Wait a second! What did Rey just say?
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Wait, did you just say his mom's a princess?" Vanellope realized.
Rey looked down on the little pilot, but Ben wouldn't stop staring at the pretty Jedi. The brunette added. "Yes, Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan. And his grandmother was Queen Amidala of Naboo."
"See, I told you Rey!" exclaimed Vanellope.
"What?" the girl asked.
"That you belong in the Princess Club! He's a Prince, well, maybe not Charming, but... he's a Prince!"
Rey turned all red, really like a cute Strawberry Tagada and backed off. "No. No!" she said, realizing what Vanellope was implying.
Kylo Ren interrupted them, "You mean the Princesses? Like the Disney's Princesses?"
"Yes, precisely!"
"I'm trying to convince her," he said.
Rey opened wide his eyes and mouth.
"Hey Rey, I think he's in love with you," Vanellope whispered, in a very indiscreet way.
The girl backed away again, shocked. "No!"
"Yes," Kylo and the little girl answered at the same time.
The Jedi's reaction was not what Vanellope expected. She pointed the glowing blade of her light saber at the Supreme Leader. The Snowmen pointed their fully charged weapons back at her.
"You've got a funny way of showing it! You kidnapped me, you ripped information out of my head, you betrayed me, and cherry on the top, you chased me all over the Galaxy to tell me I'm the granddaughter of the meanest villain in the history of the universe!" Rey screamed.
Holy Candy Box! If she'd had a membership card, Vanellope would have given it to her right then and there!
"That's why I know you're going to turn to the dark side," Kylo Ren retorted, raising his own sword.
"NO!" Rey shouted as she attacked him.
Watching the weapons clashing violently, Vanellope realized that she was no longer at all in the nice world of the frilly Princesses. So dark side or... light side, it didn't matter, she was more likely to take the side of the exit!
The little girl turned one last time to see her new friend, who was fighting fiercely.
"Go away Vanellope!" Rey ordered him.
The Snowmen didn't dare to intervene visibly, but they hadn't forgotten the little girl. They all turned to her. They did? But she too had magical power! The little girl leapt up and used her bug so they couldn't close their arms around her every time they tried to catch her as she disappeared each time. The Princess stopped after crossing the exit of Oh My Disney! The stormtroopers slowed the pace rather abruptly. She had escaped them!
Very proud of herself, Vanellope smiled and waved her royal hand. "Bye-bye! See you never again!"
Much later...
Catastrophe! Ralph's virus was wrecking the Internet! But why did he have this stupid idea? A virus is never a good idea! Especially since he hadn't heard her whole conversation with Shank. He should have tried to talk to her, instead of being a jealous friend... Well, at least at that moment, they were together to repair the damage.
A ship appeared next to the BuzzzTube administrator's shuttle.
"It's a Star Wars X-wing," Yesss informed them.
A voice, through a microphone, resonated inside the shuttle. "Vanellope! It's Rey! Do you copy?"
The little girl rushed to the window to try to get a glimpse of the Jedi in the cockpit. She couldn't see her face behind the pilot's helmet. A smile blossomed on her face as she recognized BB-8 in the back of the ship.
"Yeah, we got you loud and clear!"
"I can help you! Just tell me what you want me to do!"
Ralph reacted faster than his little protégé. "We need to keep him busy, draw him to the antivirus software!"
"Alright!"
Yesss added, "Don't piss him off with your laser shots, I think he might be a bit sensitive."
"Got it!"
Vanellope ran at the back of the shuttle to follow with her eyes her friend's ship, which was doing incredible moves. The X-wing did several tricks to catch the attention of the giant Ralph. When he noticed the ship, which was the size of a mosquito on his scale, he tried to chase it away with his hand. His huge hands collided with the towers of websites around. It didn't seem to hurt him and he wasn't visibly aware of his surroundings.
This gave them a bit of a head start. But annoyed, he began to follow Rey. His gestures may have been clumsy, he was moving pretty fast! He was getting closer and closer to her! Vanellope saw the shadow of Ralph's giant fist above the ship.
"Rey! Watch out!" Vanellope shouted.
The Jedi managed to avoid him several times, but he changed his tactics. A huge hand made up of hundreds of mini Ralphs blocked Rey's visual field. She narrowly avoided it, but his fist appeared on her left. The girl mentally prepared herself for the impact, while BB-8 beeped more panicked than ever. Then she heard the sound of a high-powered engine.
The shock never came. Instead, the fist exploded. Rey looked desperately for who had saved her. Just as she finally spotted the aggressive shaped black ship, Ralph the Colossus attacked her saviour from the rear.
The TIE Whisper fell dangerously downwards.
"BEN!" Rey shouted.
In Yesss shuttle, they all exchanged a worried look.
"Vanellope...," Rey whispered in a trembling voice.
Moved by her friend's trembling voice, the little Princess reacted. "Rey, go!"
"But, uh…"
"No, he needs you!"
Determined, she turned to Ralph. "We're going to stop it once and for all! We've survived a Cybug invasion, it's not a virus that's going to scare us."
"Right... Take care...," Rey replied, in a low voice.
"I'll catch up with you later."
"Thank you, Princess Vanellope."
"Roger roger." The little one turned to them with a mischievous look on her face. "I've always wanted to say that."
The little Princess waved a sign through the window. The X-wing stalled in a majestic loop. She hoped everything would be alright for Ben, because even though he had a terrible temper, he was the Prince of Rey.
The girl pushed the ship's power to its max to follow the TIE. It hit the ground violently, the wings broke on impact. The cockpit bounced several times before starting to roll at full speed. The avatars deviated from its path with frantic screams.
Rey was following him, completely unaware of the avatars around her, panicked or annoyed by their crashing arrival. Her heart almost gave out when she saw the metal ball stopped in its course, embedded in a wall. Like a robot, she put down the X-wing, took off her helmet and ran to join Ben. BB-8 followed her, as fast as he could. The girl stopped in front of the broken windows of the ship. It was chaos inside, electric wires were hanging from everywhere, spitting blue lightning bolts and smoke was beginning to escape. She grabbed the opening and pulled with all her strength, growling under the effort. The sheet metal that had been smashed in was too distorted. Rey stepped back and extended one hand forward. The metal groaned under the stress, but bent under the Force. The door ripped off its gongs and landed a few meters next to Rey.
The Jedi leaned forward, trying to avoid the dangerous wires. Ben seemed unconscious. His chest was lifting up. At least he was still alive. Relieved, treacherous tears streamed from her eyes. With one hand on his shoulder, she shook him gently. Her voice trembled again.
"Ben," she called to him.
No reaction. Rey shook him a little harder.
"Ben... Ben... Please, don't do this to me. I almost lost you once..."
It was barely noticeable, but she saw his eyelids twitching. The girl tried to wake him up again. She called out to him in a much firmer voice. Ben opened his eyes, a little lost. Then his eyes fell on Rey.
"Oh, Ben. Why do you almost die every time you're near me? Besides, you know very well that if you die out of your web site, it's over! You're gone!" she got angry, letting her panic dissipate.
"Because you're worth dying for. You're the light that reminds us there's still hope."
Deeply moved by his words, she began to cry again.
"Sorry..., it's... just... it's... too much emotion," she sobbed. "After Kef Bir, Exegol, and... and this... all... right now... too much!"
Ben nodded his head, a smile on the corner of his lips.
"You... you're... mocking... me?"
"I wouldn't dare," he answered this time with a pained look on his face. "Can you help me get out of here?"
Rey grabbed the arms he was holding out to her. She pulled with all her strength to help him find his balance. But he fell to the ground when he had to put his foot down, dragging her down with him. She sat up first and helped him do the same. Their gaze was drawn to one another. An angel passed by...
And the girl gave him a slap that almost dislocated his neck.
"Don't ever do that again. That was the second and last time you've scared me like that. Do you swear?"
"Both times were your fault," he said, massaging his cheek which was burning. "On Pasaana, I wasn't in... my normal state, neither were you. But here, it was worth it..."
"Why?" she asked, bewitched by her beautiful brown eyes.
Delicately, he stroked her cheek, and wiped a tear from his thumb. Rey put her hand on his, to prevent him from removing it.
"I love you, Rey," he answered in a deep low voice that made her shiver from head to toe.
The young girl's heart was overwhelmed. Rey smiled radiant, butterflies were flying in her belly. She was about to open her mouth, when Ben pointed a finger at her with his free hand. "I swear I'll slap you if you say "I know"."
Rey had a little laugh that drove him crazy. Totally crazy about her.
"I love you, Ben," she whispered, her cheeks turning a lovely pink.
There was one thing that hadn't changed since he abandoned his alter ego Kylo Ren, it was his impulsiveness.
He got down on his knees, facing her. His hand slipped from her cheek to her neck with a caress that made her shudder. His other free hand joined the first, preventing Rey from running away. The girl blushed under the intensity of his gaze, which studied her face. His dark eyes landed on her mouth. She shivered, and closed hers.
The young man's lips eagerly grasped Rey's mouth.
Their first kiss had been beautiful. This one was both the same and completely different. Ben was no longer hesitant at all. There was still gentleness, respect, but it was much feistier.
The girl put one arm around his neck and her other hand slipped tenderly into his gorgeous black hair. Her gesture provoked a reaction from Ben that clenched her stomach. He detached himself from Rey. He put his forehead against hers, his breath gasping as she gently stroked his neck with her fingertips. Time seemed to stand still. She felt him smile against her mouth.
Rey knelt down in turn, but straightened up, dominating him for once, his forehead still against hers. Ben's hands slid deliciously down her back. There she was the one who had trouble breathing. She heard his husky voice whispering her name in her ear. It was irresistible. She put her lips tenderly against his, then became bolder deepening the kiss. Ben's reaction was quick. He responded, his arms caught her back and her slim waist, tightly, almost suffocating her.
They could barely get out of their bubble, while somewhere around them someone was having a tantrum. But the voice became more and more unpleasant. They separated when they heard, "Aren't you ashamed?"
Rey and Ben were facing a security guard. The girl turned scarlet, realizing they had kissed shamelessly in front of everyone.
"Where do you think you can destroy an entire neighbourhood? Did you see the damage you've done?"
They exchanged looks of surprise. Rey gave the officer her prettiest smile. The young man pointed to the nasty Ralph virus who was continuing his attack.
"We were trying to solve this little problem," Ben replied in dry humour.
The officer followed the direction of his gesture, and jumped with a high-pitched scream. He turned to them, shocked.
"We'll call it a hallucination... But no, it's really happening!"
The strange man quickly scribbled on his notebook, then handed them a sheet of paper. Rey took it and read it.
"But...," she protested.
"You're in public. It was beginning to get indecent," the officer explained. "Have a nice day." He turned away, and ran in the direction of the giant problem.
"What's that?" the former Supreme Leader asked.
"A fine... for indecency in a public place." Rey started to get angry. "But... we were just kissing! You've got to be kidding me! If we are given this to us, what should others ..."
Ben interrupted her with a chaste kiss. The girl calmed down. He took the paper from her hands and tore it up, a spark in his eyes. A real rebel.
"We gotta go help Vanellope. We can help them stop the virus!"
The young man squeezed her hand in his.
"I'm with you," he replied simply.
Rey got up vigorously and reached out her hand to help him. He grabbed it and stood up on his feet. "Although, no, I don't think so."
The girl gave him the big eyes. Sorry? Ben was looking away behind her. Well, obviously, Ralph and Vanellope had taken care of their little problem. The colossus lit up like a star. And he disappeared, pure and simple.
Rey turned to Ben again. "I still want to go see her. She's a new friend and it'll be good for me to see other people because, you know Poe and Finn have been driving me crazy since we won the war, they're getting really unbearable, I need some fresh air..."
"Okay," he says calmly, interrupting the girl in her verbal diarrhea.
He took her in his arms.
"Thank you, Ben. But do you think we're gonna have enough space in the X-wing? It's not that you're fat, but... I mean, you know... you're... you're quite big and… strong... Ben! Stop it! Stop laughing!"
Well, even if they were a little ninny, Vanellope was happy to see the Disney Princesses again. They were a hell of a team! Especially since they had just saved Ralph from a fatal fall! Fat bad Ralph was holding her good Ralph prisoner in his hand when he disappeared. His friend had explained to the giant virus that Vanellope needed to become independent. The colossus had understood and had vanished, problem solved.
"So, did you find your song?" Tiana asked.
"Yes, I did. I even found a watering hole."
"You see! We told you so!" Vaiana exclaimed.
Vanellope walked towards them. "Thank you, girls. You saved my friend. And I'm so glad I met you guys, actually... You're cool!"
The little Princess panicked a little when they went for a big hug. A moment passed... Ralph didn't have to worry. She had so many friends on the Internet that she was safe, especially since Shank was going to reprogram her code so that she could stay in the Slaughter Race safely. Everything would be fine.
Rey's X-wing made a huge noise when he landed. BB-8 beeped enthusiastically when he saw the little girl. Then she saw Rey and Ben -who was no longer a dark knight- join them. Vanellope freed herself from the Princesses and went to see them.
"Hey, haven't you changed something?" she asked, staring at the young man.
"It's Ben now, just Ben. Kylo Ren no longer exists," the young girl explained.
"Okay, I think I just missed an episode."
A hand rested on Vanellope's shoulder. It was Rapunzel. All the other Princesses had gotten closer as well.
"Uh, Rey, we wanted to tell you... if... if you want to be a Princess, we'd be delighted if you'd accept."
The Jedi was stunned. Ben squeezed her hand, cheering her on.
"I don't know what to tell you... Yes, I guess! Yes, thank you. I accept."
"So, is that your Prince Charming?" Snow White asked in her singing voice.
Rey nodded, uncomfortable. The Princess applauded with cheerfulness. Merida added her grain of salt.
"They got married and had many children!" she exclaimed.
There was a long silence. The two Jedi looked at each other. What the f...?
"Why did I say yes again?" the girl asked between her teeth.
"To socialize," Ben answered.
"Great, you can come with me!" Rey laughed.
"Don't be so sure of yourself..."
And he prevented any reply by kissing her again.
Vanellope cried out in fear when she saw them. "Ah! Ew, ew, ew, ew! But it's disgusting! Holy mint, it looks like he's going to devour her!"
Next to the little Princess, a young woman had appeared out of nowhere, with a little laugh. She wasn't as tall as most princesses, but she had quite an aura! Her brown eyes were mischievous. The white of her dress was so bright that it hurt her eyes. So did the white of her boots, which formed an unconventional match with her dress. But what made Vanellope curious was her hairstyle. Her hair was split in half by a parting in the middle, and was rolled up on each side of her head.
She was looking at Ben and Rey with a tender, motherly look on her face. Holy macaroon*!
"Princess Leia?" the little girl ventured.
"Oh, yes, I am. How about you?"
"I'm Princess Vanellope Von Schweets! From Sugar Rush!"
"Ah, you're a race driver. Aren't you a little small for a race driver?"
"Nah! I even helped with that!" the little girl replied, spreading her arms, pointing to Ben and Rey who were no longer kissing but were simply in each other's arms.
"Really? You'll have to explain to me how you did it... it's been ten years that his father and I have been trying to achieve this result!"
Ben noticed his mother's presence. He let go of Rey to face her. The young man seemed very moved. The Princess held out her arms to him. He looked into her eyes.
"Mom..."
"I know," she replied, drawing him against her.
Vanellope walked towards Rey who stayed humbly in the background.
"Well, you have to explain me a few things about your Star Wars, because your story sounds a bit complicated... The Jedi, the dark side, I don't know anything about it!"
"It's going to be a long story..."
"There's plenty of time now!"
"All right," Rey replied, shrugging his shoulders with a smile. "Come on."
The Jedi sat near the edge of the tower they were on. The little Princess imitated her. BB-8 came next to her, followed by Ralph. "May I?" he asked timidly.
Rey replied with a friendly smile. He sat down next to them ready to listen.
"BB-8 is going to help me tell the story."
The droid beeped happily.
"A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..."
THE END
*In French we use to say "les macarons de la Princesse Leia", this is name of the cake and an old braided hairstyle as well, so I wanted to keep it here! I hope it makes sense for you too.
So, I really hope you enjoyed it!
See you soon!
